Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1907 — Page 3

Ladies, Attention! ® Do your feet hurt these ? warm days? Come in and let us fit 'j your feet in a pair of easy shoes for tired feet. jtwW s The Grover * • — a ‘ F. B. Tague’s SHOE STORE

WEATHERShowers tonight and Tuesday. Colder. **♦♦** + + ***** + FORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. I In Effect February 1, 1907. •ecatur —North Ft. Wayne—South I 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. i 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. . it ; 3:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H LINDSLEY — ■— —— '- Erastus Fritsinger made a business a trip to Ft. Wayne this morning. g Amos Biggs was visiting relatives in the country yesterday afternoon. gSArthur Russell was at Ft. Wayne yesterday witnessing the ball game. g Emil Franz, of Berne, was attending to legal matters in our city today. 8 P. W. Sniitn. of Richmond, was at».jtending to banking matters in our city today. KFrank Cottrell, of Berne, was attending to legal matters in our city today. | Miss Carrie Craig was visiting D. | E. Studabaker and family at BluffI ton yesterday. I The Maud Henderson company left I- this morning for Avilla, where they |' will show this week. K Mr. and Mrs. James Beery returned J to Hoagland this morning after spend- ■ ing Sunday here with friends . Miss Florence Johnson returned this : morning from Geneva, where she was '..visiting with her sister. Mrs. Wells. c Miss Eva Acker returned this morning from Geneva, where she was visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Acker. KJTwo members of the Maud Henderson company indulged in a free for all fight this morning at the G. R. & ’’ I. depot, the principals being the man H who played the villain and one of the fair damsels. What the fight ■Started over no one was able to state, I’bu’ the woman in the case received Sgthe nicest slapping that we have witHpessed in many days. The act on the Kart of the villain was most cowardly Bfrut whether it was justified or not Bwe are unable to state.

It’s Worth Something jf TO US WHEN A MAN COMES IN I OUR STORE ON A BUSY DAY AND GIVE A PAIR OF ELK SIZE —; WRAP ’EM UP ttUHfIBH QUICK. THEN THERE IS THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING THAT THE MAN IS POSITIVELY GOING TO GET FULL VALUE FOR HIS MONEY. THAT HE WILL TELL SB HIS FRIENDS ABOUT HOW GOOD SB I OUR SHOES WEAR. WE SELL THE ONLY GENUINE MENZIES’ ELK SKIN SHOES AT I E* $3.00 Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

A. P. Beatty made a visit at Ft. Wayne yesterday. Orville Harruff was a visitor at Ft. Wayne yesterday. L. D. Brokaw was a business caller at Ft. Wayne yesterday. Chris Strcbc made a business trip to LaOtto this morning. Cal Miller made abusiness trip to Winchester this morning. Charles Ernst attended the ball game at Ft. Wayne yesterday. George H. Fisher, of Union City, spent Sunday in our city with friends. L. C. Justus and Ben Selinger, of Bluffton, were business callers to our city today. Jack Harris and Charles Good were at Ft. Wayne yesterday attending the ball game. A. A Moser returned to his home at Briant this morning after visiting friends at Marion and Muncie. Harvey Rice went to Berne this morning, where he is working for the Adams Co. Lumber company. , Ben Middletown went to Ft. Wayne this morning to take treatment for his eye, which he injured a few days ago. Miss Stella Wemhoff returned to Ft. Wayne this morning. While here she was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary Memhoff. Ester Pilliod, John Friege and Charles Pilliod, of Piqua, spent Sunday in our city the guests of Miss Edith Memhoff. Miss Laura Fretz returned to her home at Kokomo yesterday after visiting friends and relatives in this city for some time. Charles Myers came down from Angola for an over Sunday visit. He owns a racket store there and is doing a thriving business and likes his new location real well. The interurban service betweenthis city and Ft. Wayne Sunday was perfect, and the management is certainly to be congratulated upon the same. Every trip the cars made they were loaded with passengers, and the hour and a half service was certainly appreciated. Several trips from Ft. Wayne to Decatur were made in one hour, and the riding was not very rough at that, Tom Railing returned last evening from Ft. Wayne, where he did slab duty for the Ft. W’ayne Shamrocks against the Van Wert team. Tom pitched a nice game, but three hits, but was very wild and gave seven bases on balls. The largest crowd of the season was in attendance, and the rooting at times was fierce, as Van Wert was well represented.

Ed Vancil made a business trip to Willshire today. Mrs. Andrews returned to her home at Toledo yesterday. Albert Parker, of Ft. Wayne, visited Iva Steele Sunday. Mr. Pass water, of Willshire, was a Sunday visitor in the city. Dale Spahr witnessed the ball game at Ft. Wayne yesterday. O. N. Snelling made a business trip to Berne this morning. Miss Kittle Watts visited relatives at Monmouth yesterday. Miss Tina Steele was visiting friends at Ft. Wayne yesterday. Peter Forbing went to Portland this morning to visit friends for the day. Mr. and Mrs. P. Felber returned to their home at Berne this afternoon. John Schurger, of Delphos, Ohio, was in the city yesterday visiting friends. Miss Della Sellemeyer went to Warren yesterday to visit her brother Albert. Bluffton is an awfully cold and chilly place. A dog froze to death a few nights ago. Messrs. Cummings, McKinney, Whiteman and Dull were visitors in this city yesterday. D. E. Lafferty returned to the city this morning after visiting over Sunday at Ft. Wayne. Miss Lucy Brown returned to her home at Willshire today after visiting friends in the city. Nola Mcßarnes returned to her home at Pleasant Mills today after visiting relatives in the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wineman returned to their home at Schum today after visiting for a few days in the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Merryman returned this afternoon from a visit with relatives and friends at Napoleon, Ohio. Chad Homer arrived in the city from Muncie last night and will visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. D. Homer for some time. A valuable horse belonging to Louis Holthouse died yesterday from lung fever. The animal was just purchased by Mr. Holthouse a few weeks ago, and was quite valuable. It was worth 3200. The board of trustees of the Indiana school for feeble minded youth has reorganized by the election of these officers: President J. W. Sale, of'Bluffton;' vice president, Albert Sinclair, of Cloverdale; secretary, Mrs. Mary R. Harper, of Fort Wayne; treasurer, E. M. Wilson, of Fort Wayne. A number of Decatur fans were at Ft. 'Wayne Sunday and witnessed the game between tfh£ Shamrocks and Van Wert. The former proved too strong for the Ohio boys, and placed an easy game to their credit. Suttles who is scheduled to play second base for the local team this season played with Van Wert and put up a nice game. The work of ballasting the interurban line was started this morning and a large force of men were put to work in assisting to railroad the gravel along the line and ballasting the track. The work is under the superintendency of Al Garard and will be carried on until the entire line between this city and Ft. Wayne has been mended and put into perfect running order. This morning at 10:30 o'clock a special car was run over the interurban to Ft. Wayne for the purpose of conveying Mr. John H. Koenig and a number of his friends from Minster, 0., over the new road. Those who took the trip were Messrs. John Laufersiveler, William Nienberg, Joseph Knostman, B. Barnhorst, A. W. Ger. wels and Barney Boeker. The wheat market, according to the exchange reports from Chicago and Toledo, is on a rampage and it begins to look like dollar wheat again. May, July and September wheat all sold at three cents higher than the close Saturday and at one time July wheat was quoted at $1.00%, the market closing at 95% cents. The bulls and bears are having a great deal of sport and it is an even wager that before they get through some one will get their fingers burned. The price, however, is steadily increasing and local grain men are looking for dollar w'heat soon. A. A. Shane, of Frankfort, who for several years past has held the position of superintendent of bridge and buildings on the Clover Leaf railroad has handed in his resignation and it will take effect on June 1. Mr. Shane has been appointed as state railroad inspector by Governor Hanly, the appointment having as yet not been made public from the governor’s office, but it is known that Mr. Shane accepted it. The position pays $2,500 a year with SI,OOO as traveling expenses. Mr. Shane is an expert railroad man, having had a wide experience and his selection for the place will give his friends cause for rejoicing. His duties will take him to all parts of the state. —Delphos Herald.

Chas. Hunt was a business caller in the city today. A. B. Smith made a business trip to Ft. Wayne today. Scott Hughes made a business trip to Marion this morning. Dyke Frlsinger was visiting his lady friend last night in the country. Bill Plogsterth of Fort Wayne was a business caller in the city today. Charles Bales arrived this morning from Wayne to transact business here. A new glass is being put in at the building in which the interurban station is located. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Burt Mangold visited Mr. Homer Andrews at Watt, Ohio, yesterday. Noah Stalter returned today from McGill, 0., where he'was holding religious services. Miss Bertha DeVinney returned this noon from'a visit with friends at Grand Rapids, Mich. Milo Elzey was .acting in the capacity of day bus driver today as Mr. Foreman was off duty. J. C. Mastick arrived in the city this morning from Lima, and will transact legal business. Mr. and arrived today from Ft. Wayne and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Keubler Miss Cara Danathon, of Willshire, arrived in the city this morning and will visit Miss Madge Philips for a few days. Louis Holthouse and Leo. Webber went to Monroeville today to attend the sale of the livery stock owned by Charles Ahr. Mrs. David Gerber, of Linn Grove, passed through the city today enroute to her home. She has been visiting relatives at Warren. A. T. Sipes, representing the Ft. Wayne branch of the Chicago Newspaper Union was in the city today looking after business affairs. Mrs. N. C. Coverdale and children left today for Cardwell, Missouri. She will be joined by her husband at St. Louis, who will accompany her to that place. George Zimmerman this morning filed an affidavit before Squire Smith charging William Fronefield with provoke. The case will be heard some time Thursday. Mrs. Jeff Bryson went to Marion this mo r ting to be in attendance at a reception that will be given by her daughter, Mrs. Torrence, and other ladies of that city. Miss Kate Flickinger returned to Bluffton this morning after visiting friends and relatives in the city. Miss Flickinger is employed in the telephone office at Bluffton. Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Sherman and family, of Louisville, Ky., are in the city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Terveer and family. They expect to visit here for several weeks. A number of Decatur fans were at Ft. Wayne Sunday and saw the game between Ft. W’ayne and Van Wert. The boys all say it was a good game and expect to return in the near future. .if Miss Feme DeLong, of Greentown, Indiana, who has been visiting Miss Madge Hite and other Decatur friends for some time, returned to her home this morning to resume her duties as clerk in the Clover Leaf railroad office at that place. Manager Behringer is expected to arrive some time this week from his home at Celina, Qhio, and by the later part of this week the men should start reporting here. The fans are all anxious and warm days like today makes them have the fever more than ever and when the season opens May 30th, the players will no doubt be met with a warm reception. Harry Hay, the Rube Waddell of independent base ball, pitched another remarkable game Sunday when he defeated a strong semi-professional team from Indianapolis by a score of four to one. Hay let his opponents down with four hits and struck out thirteen men. With Harry in the box Dunkirk can easily stack up against the strongest teams in Indiana with fair chances of winning. A letter received this morning from L. A. DeVoss, who is now located at Houston, Texas, states that he saw Clarence Biersdorfer the left handed pitcher work out the other day against Houston and is loud in his praise concerning his work and predicts that in 1907 he will be in the big league. The clipping from the Houston paper writes “Beity” up in excellent style and says that he is without doubt the premier pitcher in Texas. Former county treasurer A. E. Starbuck, now residing at Kokomo, has sent to county treasurer Hayes, his check for $957.82, the amount of the demand fees for the collection of delinquent taxes retained by him when he retired from office, together with interest on the same from January 1, last. The fees themselves amounted to $937.51. The supreme court some time ago, handed down a decision, holding that these fees were the property of the county, and it was in conformity with this ruling that the payment was made. —Portland Commercial-Review.

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Mrs. C. Davis went to Bluffton yesterday to visit her son William. Mrs. Cynthia Dedrick, of Roann, said to have been the oldest woman in 'Wabash county, died Thursday evening at the age of 95. She was born in New York, came to Wabash county thirty-five years ago, and was the widow of Dr. S. Dedrick, who died in 1876. The Marion city council will pass an ordinance providing that all circuses must pay a license of SSOO instead of SSO, as heretofore. The cause of the action is the offense given the councilmen by the press agent of the Hag-enbeck-Wallace show, which failed to pass out enough complimentary tickets to supply the councilmen. —Bluffton Banner.

Dispersion Sale OF 60 - HEAD b ™ ly -60 SHORTHORN CATTLE .air; \ On the Fort Wayne Fair Grounds, on Wednesday, May 15th, 1907 8 bulls, including the pure Scotch bred Golden Crown and 35 cows and heifers. 18 Cows with calves at foot. Sale will be held under cover and begin at 1 o’clock sharp. Send for catalogue. Address, JOHN R. HARTZELL Col. Jones & Reppert, Auctioneers New Haven, Indiana

Contractor Davis, who was here last night from Portland to bid on sidewalk work and who has in thp past done work in this city, stated that he had adopted the co-operative plan of working his men. Each man in his employ is expected to be worth one hundred square feet of walk a day and this is the day’s labor. They are paid a fixed price for doing this much work. However, if they lay more than this amount, the record is kept of the surplus and at the end of the job, the work is credited to the men who have remained faithful at the regular rate of wages. Mr. Davis says the plan saves him an extra foreman, that he gets much more work done and that his employes are much better satisfied than under the old system.— Bluffton Banner.

Mrs. Mary Richey, an aged woman at Bluffton, will in all probaillty die as the result of terrible burns received from a coal oil lamp. She was found Thursday night lying on the floor of the dining room in a blazing pool of oil which came from an overturned lamp on the floor beside her. She has been an invalid for some years, and it is believed she had arisen to get a dose of medicine and overturned the lamp in attempting to light it. Mrs. Julia Trish, of Warsaw, lovingly known as “Mother” Trish, died Thursday night. She had gained fame as an active worker in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union since 1873, and was president of the “Girls of Seventy” at Warsaw, who planned a home for the aged to be located in that city.